Chapter 63: The Anniversary Sacrifice

Usually Bryant Park is very noisy on weekends, but this weekend, April 14, 1913, Bryant Park is very quiet, because a very grand and serious event is being held here today--- the anniversary of the Titanic shipwreck!

Because of the need to be quiet throughout the event, it was not until the end of the event that Monet greeted Carl and Ruth, who had not seen him for a long time: "Hello Mr. Hockley, Mrs. Hockley, long time no see!" ”

"It's been a long time, but I didn't expect Mr. Monet to become a well-known writer now, and Ruth and I both love "Detective Downing" that you have been serializing lately!" Carl replied with a smile.

"Thank you for your appreciation, if you have the opportunity to visit Philadelphia, I must visit you, and I want to see little Hans too!" Little Hans was referring to Ruth and Jack's child, but Carl didn't know it......

"Welcome, little Irvin is a very cute little fellow!" Carl replied triumphantly.

Maybe she was afraid that Monet would say something, so Ruth diverted the topic and asked, "Tony, have you heard from Wendy lately?" ”

Monet shook his head and replied: "Not yet, I guess she and her Arthur should not be in New York, otherwise once they are found by those deceived investors, they will be in trouble!" ”

"Hey, I really didn't expect Wendy to become like this, I knew I wouldn't let her go to New York to find you in the first place!" Ruth sighed.

"You can't be blamed for this, it's Wendy's own choice!" Karl persuaded on the side.

At this time, Madeleine came over, so Monet helped both parties to introduce them: "This is Mrs. Astor, these two are Mr. Hockley and Mrs. Hockley from Philadelphia!" ”

"Mr. Astor's gentlemanly behavior really makes me very respectful and ashamed!" Karl hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

"John, he will always be my pride!" Madeleine replied in a deep voice.

Just as a few people were chatting, an exclamation suddenly came from not far away: "Jack, why are you here?" Aren't you dead? ”

Monet, Carr, and Ruth immediately turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound, and then saw a young man who had just put the flowers in his hand on the memorial platform ran up in a panic and panic, coincidentally, the direction he chose was Monet and the others, so the three of them could see clearly, whether it was his appearance, figure, clothes, and hairstyle, he was the Jack-Dawson in his own memory, but wasn't he dead?

Jack seemed to see a few people as well, especially when he saw Ruth, and then ran out in a panic.

It was only at this time that Ruth came to her senses, completely ignoring that Carl was by her side, and shouted loudly while chasing Jack: "Jack, wait a minute, where have you, where have you been this year?" ”

When Carl saw his wife like this, he shook his head angrily and chased after him, Monet thought about it and chased after him, but unfortunately Jack had already run away, and everyone didn't catch up, and watched him disappear in front of him.

Seeing Monet running over, Ruth grabbed him and asked in a trembling voice, "Tony, you saw it clearly just now, he's Jack, right?" ”

Because Monet lied that he and Jack were friends on the ship, he could only reply at this time: "That's right, it does look like Jack, but maybe it's someone who looks very similar to him!" ”

Ruth immediately retorted: "This is impossible, how can there be people in the world who look exactly the same?" And don't you see, he is still wearing the same clothes and hairstyle as he was on the ship, even if there is really someone who looks exactly like him, how can he have the same hairstyle and clothes? And if it wasn't Jack, why did he just see us running? ”

"But if he's really Jack, there's no reason to run away when he sees us?" Monet asked rhetorically.

When Monet asked him like this, Ruth was suddenly a little speechless, but Carl on the side snorted coldly: "It must be that he has done something unseemly, otherwise it's been a year, why doesn't he meet everyone, especially Mr. Monet, I remember that he was good friends with you on the boat, right?" ”

"Yes!" Monet replied again.

At this time, Madeleine, who ran over, asked curiously, "Tony, who is this Mr. Jack you are talking about?" Why are you all so excited when you see him? ”

Monet glanced at Ruth, and then replied lightly: "Eh, Jack was a good friend we met on the boat at that time, but then we saw him die in a shipwreck, so it was very strange to see him appear in front of us just now!" ”

Madeleine wanted to ask why Ruth was so sad, but when she saw Carl standing beside her, her face was pale, and she suddenly stopped asking.

After separating from Carl and Ruth, he asked Monet, and Monet replied succinctly: "Have you read my first and only love story "Titanic"? ”

Madeleine nodded and replied, "Of course I've seen this, and I was moved to tears at the beginning!" Then she seemed to think of something, and asked in a trembling voice, "No, no, this Jack is ......."

Monet nodded and confirmed: "That's right, in fact, this story is based on the experience of Ruth, that is, Mrs. Hockley and Jack, now you should understand why Ruth was so excited just now, and Carl's face was so ugly, right?" ”

"Understood, understood, if it were Ruth, I think I would have been more excited than she would have fainted!" Madeleine chimed in.

Then he asked, "Is that guy really Jack?" Isn't he dead? ”

Monet pondered for a moment, and then replied: "I can only say that this person's appearance, figure, and dress are very similar to Jack, but it's hard to say whether it's or not!" ”

"But as Ruth said, how can there be people in the world who look so alike?" Madeleine questioned.

Monet replied in a deep voice: "Eh, don't say it, it's true, I think it should be more than half a year ago, when I first met Nicole, one night in Hell's Kitchen I met a person who looked and figured very much like Jack, but his clothes, hairstyle, accent and conversation were completely different!" ”

Unexpectedly, Madeleine's attention was completely unexpected by Monet and made him very speechless, only to see her say with a disgusted face: "Oh my God! I didn't expect you to go to a place like Hell's Kitchen! ”

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